The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1887-05-24

you are burdened with taXati0n2 Who
fills this Golfer? Your boys, fathers,
husbands and brothers. Who bears this
Ubiquitous burden2 Who pays this enor-
nous taxi You do; rest assured that the
liquor dealer takes goodly share for his
commission. Shake off this burden;
annihiatc this devil-fsh and your taxes
will go down MS they have done in other
States, and crimes will decrease accord
ingly.
| In the States that have adopted prohi-
bition we hear no cry of excessive tax
alton. Taxes have not increased in
Maine, Kansas nor Georgia. Crime de-
creases and consequently taxes decrease
The county collector of Dallas county
says that fifteen cents on the one hun
dred dollars will offset the loss of the
revenue received from the liquor traffic
The decrease in crime will offset that.
Say that it does not are we to license
vice to obtain revenue? We might ex-
tend it little and be relieved from taxa.
ton altogether. But the result might
be a burden more onerous than taxation.
The citizen who would prefer to see the
country stepped in vice rather than in
crease his tax one dollar must certainly
be hard hearted, cold blooded creature.
The next, and last, plank is weak
| one indeed:
80. The jealous advocates of the pro
hibition idea have already established
and organized third political party,
and have waged relentless warfare upon
the principles and organizations of other
established parties lnstigated by for
eign emissaries they have by agitation
| for years, secured from the Legislature
of our State the concession of this propo-
sition to change our organic law, and. by
studied purpose and concerted move
ment, they now seek to stifle political
expression from our people until their
own political designs are fully accomp'
/ lished. We warn our people OF this
| threatened danger and call upon them
to rebuke at the polls this sinister con
| spiracy against their political organiza-
tions and fundamental principles of
American liberty"
Boiled down. it is this: A few foreign
emissaries have pulled the wool over the
eyes of our peoples have stifed the voice
of our people in convention; hoodwinked
the Governor of our State; actually stol
en- the wits of our legislators, and sue
ceeded, after many years of successful
legerdemain, in having this amendment
submitted to our people.
/ What II charge to bring against our
people. If the statement of the ants be
true our people must indeed be weak
minded and eifeminate set to be thus
easily bumfoozled To say nothing of
the dereliction of duty on the part of
our officers who were entrusted by a con
| fiding people to look after our interests.
What charge; what charge And it
seems these same schemers would have
gotten away with us bag and baggage
had it not been for the timely arrival of
these wise and alert statesmen. . wise
statesmen; alert defenders of our peo
pies rights. What jewels We are. But
even the lustre of their glory is dmmed
with the knowledge of the fact that ev-
en- they were asleep and were only
aroused to a sense of our danger by the
| timely interference of the Anheuser-
Bush Brewing Association. Anheuser-
Bush Brewing Association, how much
do we owe you? viii we ever be en-
abled TO pay the debit
But is this charge true? 1t seems that
our people have not been asleep. The
question has been before them often be-
fore. The clarion voice of Mills and the
deep bass of Coke in thunder tones
sounded the alarm years ago. Our peo-
pie, after years rest and quiet thought,
having concluded that there was no
danger, that they were no imbeciles, but
on the contrary had sufficient intelli-
gence to pass judgment on the question.
At our last State convention they qui-
city sat upon both Coke and Mills. 1t
was the tacit understanding there and
then that the Legislature just adjourned
should submit the question to the people.
Coke so understood it and aequiesced
accordingly. Ross so understood it, and
though opposed to the measure on prin-
clple, like an obedient servant bowed
to the will of his masters. A great many
OF the members of the anti convention
being also members OF said legislature,
so understood IL, and likewise acquiesced
-, .l fo. .rhr,;,,ing tho armand. /